Week of November 1-7, 2020
As we seek to continue to keep connected as a church family, below you will find several ways to participate in worship, prayer, and service with others from HBIC. We invite you to join us in any of these various ways this week!

There's also some important information in this week's e-mail, so be sure to scroll the whole way through!

We continue to pray that you will experience the riches of the Lord's presence during this time in which many of us are not able to be present with one another!
-- HBIC Pastoral Staff
ONLINE WORSHIP SERVICES

Our pastoral staff are working together each week to record a worship service for our church family.

The service will be available on the HBIC YouTube Channel on Sunday mornings by 9 am, as well as anytime thereafter.
WORSHIP SERVICE LIVESTREAM

We are live-streaming both the 9 and 11 am in-person services. If all works well (it doesn't always), you'll be able to link to either of the live-stream services on our HBIC YouTube Channel (youtube.com/c/HarrisburgBICChurch) at the time of the service, or you'll be able to watch the recording of the livestream anytime.
TOMORROW'S SERVICES

If you didn't register yet for one of our in-person services for Sunday, November 1 and would like to attend, please register on our church's website, HBIC.church. If you have any questions, feel free to contact any of the pastors.
WORSHIP-AT-HOME RESOURCES

The Worship-At-Home Resource Page serves as a companion to the weekly worship video on the HBIC YouTube Channel and includes the song lyrics, the sermon scripture, reflection questions, plus some links for children. ...If you have more than one device and you'd like to see the lyrics to sing along, or have the sermon scripture handy to read along, you can have the video playing on one device while you follow along with the worship resource on the other!

May you experience the blessing of God
as you worship this week!
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE
FOR NOVEMBER 1

Each week, we'll include here a link to the children's message... You can click here to view this week's special children's message on Jesus' command not to worry shared by Pastor Patty.

(Also, to access the children's activity pages for this week, click here.)
WORSHIP SURVEY
OCTOBER 2020

A Worship Survey was recently sent out. We'd very much like all adults and all youth in our church family to share their input as we make decisions regarding our worship services for the coming months. Click here to access the survey. Responses were requested by today, needed by noon tomorrow at the latest. Thank you in advance for helping in this way. And please continue to pray for our pastors and church board members as decisions are processed.
2021 BUDGET REQUESTS DUE

The Finance Committee would like to remind all Ministry Team and Committee leaders that budget requests for 2021 are due by Sunday, November 1. All requests for the 2021 annual budget are to be forwarded to Pastor Lynda.
SIDER INSTITUTE FALL CONFERENCE - REFOCUSING OUR FAITH

The Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies at Messiah University will be holding its annual fall study conference on Thursday, November 12th and Friday, November 13th, virtually on Zoom.

This year's conference theme is Refocusing Our Faith: Re-Examining Brethren In Christ Core Values After 20 Years. The conference will seek to reflect on the Brethren in Christ Core Values and to assess how these core convictions can inspire effective ministry and move us to action, in the present and future. 

The registration deadline for the conference is this Friday, November 6:

CLICK HERE to access the study conference website, which includes information about each of the five sessions and a link to register online.

NOVEMBER PRAYER VIGIL

The Prayer Ministry Team would like to invite the church to join in another time of 24 hours of prayer, from 8 pm on Nov. 13 until 8 pm on Nov. 14.  

We would love to see someone sign up for every hour during that time, although there will be three time slots for each hour, for you to pray wherever you are. The sign up sheet will be available soon - watch for an email during this next week. For anyone who wants guidance for praying through the hour, there also will be a November prayer guide coming out soon.

We want to cover HBIC in prayer as we begin services back inside the building on Sunday, Nov. 15, as well as continue to pray for our nation and world in this season, all in the spirit of thanksgiving that we celebrate especially at this time of year.
MISSIONS SUNDAY
OFFERING UPDATE

Each year on Missions Sunday, we take a special Missions Offering, which is used primarily to provide a love gift to all of the missionaries sent out from our church, plus a small portion for BIC World Missions. Giving toward this offering has totaled $13,508.53, as of October 29. Thank you to the congregation for your generosity!
Since we do not have a weekly worship service bulletin during this time, we are including a Schedule for the Week in this weekly email.

The following will be taking place during the week of November 1 to 7:

  • Sunday, 9 am - Online Worship Service (HBIC YouTube Channel)
  • Sunday, 9 & 11 am - In-Person Worship Service (Fenced Lot)
  • Sunday, 9 & 11 am - Worship Service Livestream (HBIC YouTube Channel)
  • Sunday, 11 am - Youth Sunday School (Open Area)
  • Sunday, 3 pm - Bible Quizzing Practice (Open Area)
  • Sunday, 4 pm - Jr & Sr High Youth Group (Sanctuary)
  • Monday, 4 pm - Creation Kids on Zoom (Zoom)
  • Monday, 6:30 pm - Property Committee Meeting (at church and on Zoom)
  • Wednesday, 5:30 pm - Zoom Youth Group (Zoom)
  • Wednesday, 6:15 pm - ESL Class (Zoom)
  • Wednesday, 7 pm - Virtual Prayer Meeting (Zoom)
  • Thursday, 9 am - Mission of Mercy (CE Room)
  • Thursday, 8:15 pm - Young Adult Book Study (Zoom)

If you'd like more information, contact any of the pastors or the church office. And please keep these groups, gatherings, and meetings in prayer this week as you pray for the church.
JR & SR HIGH SUNDAY YOUTH GROUP

Youth Group will be held inside from now through the winter. This week combined Jr and Sr High Youth Group will be from 4-5:30pm and we'll begin our time together in the sanctuary at HBIC. Contact Pastor Brie with any questions, comments or concerns.
CREATION KIDS ON ZOOM

Pastor Patty and some of our children's ministry volunteers are looking forward to hanging out with your children on Zoom, Monday afternoons at 4 pm, catching up with one another, playing some games, and praying together. Contact Pastor Patty for the link that your child will need for these times of connection designed especially for kids.
ZOOM YOUTH GROUP

Youth in Grades 6 to 12 are invited to join in the Zoom Youth Group gathering on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, 5:30 pm. Contact Pastor Brie for more info.
WEDNESDAY
PRAYER MEETING

All are invited to join us for a Virtual Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evenings on Zoom, 7 pm.

We hope to see you at this special gathering to pray for one another, our church, community, and world! Click on the purple button below to link to the Prayer Meeting. Contact Pastor Hank for more info.

If you'd like to call in by phone (audio only), the number is 929-205-6099, and the Meeting ID is 810 3235 0433.

(Note: You'll be in a waiting room to start, not for long.)
NOVEMBER 8TH WORSHIP SERVICES

Beginning on Sunday afternoon, each week the opening page of our church's website, HBIC.church, has the registration links for both the upcoming 9 am and the 11 am services! Please be sure to register (by Saturday at the latest) in order to help the staff to prepare the check-in list, etc.

On November 8th, we plan to continue to hold services outdoors in our fenced-parking-lot on 22nd St., weather permitting. Bring your own chair if you can! (We'll also have some extra chairs available for those who may not have one.)

Volunteers will be needed to help with set up and tear down each week. If you'd like to help, please be sure to register before Saturday afternoon, and check off that you'd be able to help if needed. Thanks!

(Click here to see our protocols for meeting together during this time of COVID-19.)
YOUTH WEEDING

Time to give some TLC to our church property! On Saturday November 14th from 9am-12pm our youth will be working on various weeding projects around church property. Snacks and a lunch will be provided! Contact Pastor Brie with any questions.

YOUNG ADULT ESCAPE ROOM

Friday night November 20th the young adults will be doing an Escape Room tentatively at Harrisburg's ABC East Lanes. Look for an email from Pastor Brie with more details.
THANKSGIVING DISTRIBUTION

Our annual Thanksgiving outreach event will take place on Saturday, November 21. Volunteers will be needed for that day, as well as throughout the week for set-up. Contact Pastor Carmen to schedule a time to volunteer to help! 

Contact the church office to register for a basket, 717-561-2170.
YOUTH TRIVIA &
VIDEO GAME NIGHT

Saturday November 21st from 6:30-9:30pm we will be having an all youth trivia and video game night in the church's open area! More details to come. Contact Pastor Brie with any questions.